Where False moorish idol has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Heniochus diphreutes, mapped and tabulated by country.
1,967 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Heniochus diphreutes through GBIF, from 43 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 1,967
- Countries / areas
- 43
- Mapped locations
- 284
- Records sampled for the map
- 1,967
- Inland records omitted
- 45
- Gbif taxonkey
- 2385729
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
Australia — 608 records; United States of America — 413 records; Egypt — 173 records; Indonesia — 141 records; Maldives — 127 records; Philippines — 72 records; New Caledonia — 55 records; Japan — 50 records; Fiji — 45 records; Chinese Taipei — 34 records; South Africa — 31 records; Malaysia — 26 records; Thailand — 21 records; Réunion — 19 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 17 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385729) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385729&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Red Sea; South Africa (country); Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone; United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218763 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 1,967 of the 1,967 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 43 of the 43 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 0 records in total.
45 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.
Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2385729) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2385729&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218763 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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